With the continuous return of good news from abroad, coupled with the blessing of Chen Fei's fame, the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th rounds of "Bright Sword" were sold at a good price.

According to the pre-agreement, Wang Ke, the deputy director of Xiaoxiang Film Studio, took the second round of playback, which also laid the foundation for his promotion to director.

In anticipation, "Baolian Lantern" finally landed on the eighth set of golden strong files of Yang Ma on 10.4.

Although Chen Fei did not participate in much publicity work, in various publicity activities in the early stage, actors, directors, screenwriters, producers, etc., without exception, would mention his name.

No one thought that his cameo would make "Baolian Lantern" enjoy such good results!

As of the 7th, the high ratings have reached 8.5%, and this number is still soaring.

The supporting role "Eighth Prince" played by Chen Fei even surpassed the protagonist "Agarwood" and received great attention.

This also once made the investor feel remorseful, he knew that this was the case, and he had to persuade Chen Fei to play "Agarwood".

has been on the air for nearly a week, and only the popularity of "Erlang God" in the whole play can barely be compared with him.

…

At the same time, when Chen Fei received the news from China, it was already October 9th.

After eight days, he finally finished all the editing work of "This Man is from Earth" and successfully came up with the finished film.

As soon as the phone was turned on, the series of text message prompts directly dazzled him.

Edit... Select All... Delete......

After a set of operations, the memory is directly emptied by more than half.

After picking out a few more important phone calls, he directly found Natasha, who was sitting in the office playing games bored.

"The finished film has been completed, and the next publicity will be handed over to you."

"Oh? So fast? ”

Natasha stood up from her chair in surprise, her sexy red lips slightly open, and a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.

Hollywood's film industry is notoriously efficient, but she never expected that this young director from China seemed to be more efficient.

Chen Fei shrugged his shoulders and responded casually: "It's just a low-budget soft sci-fi movie, and there are no special effects, so it will naturally be faster." ”

As he spoke, he asked curiously: "How did you arrange the company's publicity and distribution channels before?" And the animation studio and special effects studio I mentioned earlier, have you done it? ”

Hearing this, Natalie's eyes lit up instantly.

"Fei, in terms of distribution, you can rest assured, I have shares in many theaters, and our Volton family also has its own real estate and theater chain, although these are all taken care of by others, but I can definitely say that as long as there is a film output, the scheduling and release of the film will definitely not be controlled by others."

"As for the special effects......"

Natalie smiled, suddenly got up and walked out, and at the same time beckoned to Chen Fei, motioning for him to follow her.

After stepping out of the office and around the back block, she reached out and pointed to the roof of an office building.

Chen Fei looked in the direction of her finger and saw a signboard on the roof of the building, with a few big characters engraved on it.

"Volton Animation Special Effects Studio!"

“……”

After being silent for a while, Chen Fei's body twisted towards her a little stiffly, "So, you directly opened an animation special effects production studio?" Instead of choosing to seek the cooperation of others? ”

"That's right."

Natalie nodded, and said with some anger: "I went to find Weta Digital, Industrial Light & Magic, Digital Field, and other larger special effects studios.

But they said that they couldn't take on the work outside, and joked that we were just an independent film production company on the verge of bankruptcy, and we didn't deserve to work with them at all.

So after thinking about it for a long time, I simply set up this company, and it's better for us to find someone to do it ourselves than to look at other people's faces. ”

So......

Is this stepping on a horse the advanced thinking of a rich woman?

After a little silence, Chen Fei asked again: "I'm afraid those professional special effects personnel are not easy to find, right?" Are you going to hire at a university? Or how is it arranged? ”

"Nope." Natalie shook her head and said with a brutal expression: "I'm going to poach people from the companies that rejected me before, huh!" Isn't it money? The old lady lacks everything, but she is not short of money! ”

“……”

For a while, Chen Fei was silent again.

After a long time, he said tentatively: "Natalie, the company's liquidity is not very large, such frequent recruitment and expansion, I'm afraid it will cause a financial crisis, right?" ”

"No, I can inject my personal money into it to ensure the normal operation of the company."

Seeing that Chen Fei seemed a little confused, she added: "Fei, this is not financing, I just borrowed a sum of money from me personally in the name of "Walton Pictures".

I need to repay this money, but I don't have a specific repayment deadline, so you don't have to worry about problems with the company's operation. ”

Hearing this, Chen Fei looked at her with some surprise, "Do you trust me so much, if I can't create enough income for the company, this loan of yours is very likely to be unprofitable." ”

opened an animation special effects studio, borrowed money from individuals in the name of the company, and used family connections to negotiate the amount of films......

Natalie's efforts are actually based on Chen Fei's ability to continue to come up with good works.

If he can't come up with a good enough script and can't create a high enough income, Natalie will face a huge financial crisis!

However, in the face of Chen Fei's doubts, the rich woman replied like this.

"Fei, first of all, I need to apologize to you, because I specially arranged for someone to go to Huaxia to conduct a very in-depth investigation of you.

According to the final investigation report, in your country, you are currently the most promising commercial film director, and you are suspected to have countless excellent scripts in your hands.

Since you officially started to enter the film and television industry, although it has only been a short three years, you have already achieved the top in your country!

The successes of "Dead Silence" and "Get Out" also verified the authenticity of that report, you are indeed a very strong screenwriter, and winning the Golden Bear Award is a testament to your directing ability.

Based on this, I can also be bold and invest in you, because I am sure that you will not let me down. ”

This is said very bluntly, and Chen Fei also heard it very thoroughly, this rich woman has pressed everything on herself!

She firmly believes that under the leadership of Chen Fei, the company will be able to survive the difficulties and soar!

"I don't understand the script and filming, but logistics, production, and publicity are my strengths, and I'm not a rich girl who only squandered her wealth."

Hearing this, Chen Fei silently gave her a thumbs up.

This really confirms that sentence:

[The male protagonist is outside the female protagonist, and the male and female protagonists are not tired of working together. 】

Since the rich woman is so "honest", Chen Fei must not be "stingy".

So after returning to Natalie's office, Chen Fei took out three copies of the script from the handbag he was carrying.

"Rise of the Planet of the Apes", "WALL-E the Robot", "Kung Fu Panda"

"Rise of the Planet of the Apes is a sci-fi film that will be the first series we at Walton Pictures in '06.

The latter two are animated films, and the production cycle will be relatively long, so it is necessary to prepare in advance.

In the next time, I need you to promote the release of "This Man is from Earth" first, and then use the box office harvest to prepare for the rise of the planet of the apes, Ok? ”

Collecting all three scripts in front of her eyes, Natalie nodded busily.

“Ok！”

She knew that this man would not let him down before.

Sure enough, after hearing that the company would be involved in the business of animation special effects, he directly came up with three scripts!

“Fei！ You're really amazing! I feel like I'm going to fall in love with you! ”

"Don't mention love yet." Chen Fei's face was serious, interrupting her wanton and short-term sexual intent, "I need you to form a special effects team as soon as possible, not an empty shell with only a sign."

In November, I'll be back in China to start a new sci-fi film project, which will involve some special effects that can be used as a team practice. ”

Natalie also calmed down and nodded busily, "Okay, don't worry, I'll get it done as soon as possible." ”

There's almost nothing that can't be done in Hollywood as long as you have enough dollars.

Forming a special effects studio is just a trivial matter for Natalie, who has been carrying a golden spoon since she was a child and has traveled around the major Vanity Fairs.

More precisely, this is just a trifle for enough "dollars".

Before she told Chen Fei her thoughts, she had already talked to some of the employees in the special effects studios.

Large special effects studios usually mean that they are very competitive, and there are too many excellent people who can only do some scrap work.

The difference in salary will determine the direction of their future life.

…

After a month, the box office of "Dead Silence" also ushered in the final freeze-frame moment.

The North American box office was $105 million.

It is very dangerous to complete the achievement of "breaking 100 million at the box office"!

Lionsgate contacted Chen Fei and invited him to attend the celebration banquet, and even sent a car to pick him up.

In desperation, he agreed to the other party's invitation and set foot on the beach of Santa Monica with Bruce again.

I have to say that the effect of lube and sunscreen is really good, this thing is addictive.

At the same time, "Myth" also officially withdrew from domestic theaters on October 25.

Chen Fei paid special attention to the box office results, and the box office data in the mainland was finally fixed at 96 million yuan, while the total box office in Asia was 120 million yuan.

Han Sanping called and informed him of the box office results, but also said a little depressed: "Alas, so far, only you, Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang, and Zhou Xingchi are still very stable, and they will basically not lose, but others can't say when it will be a thunderstorm." ”

Who would have thought that under the call of Chen Long, this movie would be able to get such an achievement?

The investment of 160 million Hong Kong dollars in exchange for 120 million yuan in revenue.

After completing the sharing with the theater and deducting the cost of publicity, it was simply lost to grandma's house.

That is, the strength of China Film and Emperor, plus Chen Long participated in the filming of the film in the form of investment, otherwise the loss this time would be even greater!

Hearing this, Chen Fei immediately became happy, "Mr. Han, then you have to be prepared, maybe when I will also thunder, don't scare you." ”

"You're scaring me?" Han Sanping's tone was full of doubt: "I don't know what kind of individual you are?" What will you do when you lose money? I don't even believe it! ”

The income of "No Man's Land" is really greedy for Han Sanping.

The investment is only 4.5 million!

With a foreign copyright income of 30 million US dollars and a domestic box office of more than 100 million, this money can all go into Chen Fei's pocket after deducting taxes.

He couldn't imagine how many good scripts this guy still had in his head?

"By the way, didn't you say there's a new movie coming out? Why hasn't there been any movement, when are you going to go? ”

"On October 28th, it will be released in a small area, and if the results are good, it should be rolled out on a large scale."

The investment in "This Man is from Earth" is really small, even smaller than "Dead Silence" and "Get Out of Desperate Town"!

Just a few people sat in a room and chatted, talking nonsense, and then forced up a time of more than an hour......

Regardless of whether this can be considered a science fiction film or not, just writing the script is enough science fiction!

Even if Natalie's relationship is hard enough, her relatives still don't dare to give her a large-scale film schedule, which will lose a lot of money.

And more importantly, the publicity work of this film is very embarrassing.

That is, Chen Fei's fame and popularity are there, and he has engaged in a wave of publicity in his name, which has attracted the attention of some people.

If the director is not the recent hot "Fei Chen", the theater chain will begin to wonder if this is a shoddy eighteen banned film.

Han Sanping asked: "Do you need me to help you promote it in China?" ”

"Don't do it for the time being, I've already said hello to the Emperor, if the box office results after the North American release are not bad, I may land on Hong Kong Island, and then we will discuss the publicity."

"Okay, feel free to contact me if you need to."

After chatting a few more words, Han Sanping hung up the phone.

…

Although Chen Fei did not go to China to promote his upcoming third film in North America, the reporters will not give up this opportunity to "earn bonuses".

On the day of its release, a movie poster pasted in a theater in Los Angeles appeared on the portal.

Film: The Man from Earth

Director: Fei Chen

Screenwriter: Fei Chen

Producer/Producer: Volton Pictures

The accompanying text below the picture is quite interesting:

"In '05, a young director from China began to make his mark in Hollywood, and after the success of two small-budget thrillers, he began to push the boundaries even lower.

"This Man is from Earth", with an investment of less than $1 million, will be released in North American theaters on October 28,

Can Chen Fei continue to create a record of "small cost and high box office"? Let's wait and see! ”

The news is out......

Neiyu is already a little numb.

Not again!

That man, he's here again!

Invest less than $1 million? Converted to 8 million yuan, it is just between "No Man's Land" and "Crazy Stone".

So how much box office will this movie receive?

…

On the day of the release, Chen Fei happened to be attending the celebration banquet held by Universal Pictures.

After 28 days, "Get Out" officially exceeded $150 million at the box office, and received high praise among special ethnic groups!

There is no such thing as a "one-month release period" in Hollywood, as long as the movie can make money, then it can be postponed indefinitely.

However, the market in North America is almost saturated, and Universal Pictures roughly estimates that the North American box office should be fixed at about 170 million.

But the popularity of other foreign channels has not stopped!

At the dinner, producer Jie said excitedly: "We have opened up seven release channels for this film, North America, Canada, India, the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, and South Korea. ”

"How's it doing at the box office?" Chen Fei asked.

"The response in the UK has been fantastic, it has already exceeded $40 million, and maybe another $100 million!"

Hearing this, Chen Fei's eyes suddenly lit up.

Made!

It's a fucking big profit again!

Arnold walked over with a red wine glass and took the initiative to greet him, "Fei, I heard that your third movie is about to be released, do you need Universal to help announce it?" ”

Chen Fei smiled slightly, "Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Arnold, we have found a distribution channel." ”

"Then I wish you a big box office hit!"

"I lend you good words."

After the dinner, Chen Fei returned directly to Volton Pictures.

He needs to get the box office data of "This Man from Earth" as soon as possible to verify whether the film's results can meet expectations.

At this time, although it was late at night, the lights in the company were still bright!

Except for those employees with families and children, the rest chose to work overtime and wait for the next day's box office results.

It's about the future of the company, and it's about the future of all employees!

If it can make money, then the company can continue to run, but if it loses at the box office, then everyone can pack up their things and resubmit their resumes.

"Fei, good evening."

Unlike the nervousness of those people outside, Natalie was very relaxed, chewing an apple in her mouth, and eating it deliciously.

Chen Fei took an orange from the table and asked casually, "When will the data of the first day of painting be transmitted?" ”

Natalie replied, "Tomorrow morning at eight o'clock." ”

"Oh, good."

Answering casually, Chen Fei took out the small jar that had been prepared long ago from the bag he was carrying.

It is filled with powder made from the peel of a lucky orange that has been soaked in water.

Looking up at the white girl in front of him, Chen Fei smiled and asked, "Natalie, do you want to taste our Chinese food?" ”

“Oh？” At the mention of eating, Natalie's eyes lit up, "What kind of food?" Fei？ Are you a great cook? ”

"Its name is dumplings, and it is a food that we will eat after welcoming our loved ones, and it means fortune, reunion, and peace."

Natalie stood up abruptly, "Fei, I can't wait. ”

…

This night, Chen Fei used lucky oranges and noodles to invite all the remaining employees of the company to eat a meal of dumplings.

By the time it was time to pack up, it was already close to dawn.

Even if they stayed up all night, everyone didn't have the slightest tiredness on their faces, but they were full of energy!

All eyes fell on Natalie, hoping that she could deliver a piece of good news,

It was eight o'clock in the morning.

The phone rings as promised!

Natalie deliberately turned on the hands-free, and everyone pricked up their ears at this moment.

I heard a slightly surprised voice from the speaker, "Natalie, I have to admit that the person who wrote this script is simply a genius!"

The box office figure on the first day of the opening reached $8 million, and the theater was full, and everyone said that they couldn't get enough!

More than one-third of the people chose to watch the film repeatedly, to explore the various confusions and doubts in the film, as well as ......"

(End of chapter)